Buttonless neckband for shirts



June 17 1324. 1,498,232

s. R. CHASE BUTTONLESS NECKBAND FOR SHIRTS Filed May '7, 1923 INVENTOFZ JKlV/A RICH/45E g 5%. ATTORNEY I M I Patent l,498,232 PATENT OFFICE.

' SYLVIA R. CHASE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BUTTONLESS NECKBAND FOR SHIIBIIS.

Application filed May 2,

T a: all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVIA R. CHASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, tin the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button less Neckbands for Shirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it gappertains to make and use the same.

y invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple but highly efficient buttonless neck band for shirts. My device does away with buttons of all kinds and employs no metal or other uncomfortable or 4 corrosive material in its construction.

It is an additional object to provide a fastening means on a neck band, which will go through laundering without in any way damaging the fastening device or injuring the shirt in any manner.

To these ends generally stated, my invention consists of the novel devices and combinations ofdevices herein described and pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings wherein like notations refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a, front perspective view of a collar attached to my buttonless neck band;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a collar being drawn together by my novel fastening means;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of my neck band stretched out in a vertical plane;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary rear elevation of a collar attached to my neck band with some parts broken away: and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 of a portion of a modified form of my device.

The numeral 7 indicates a shirt of ordinary construction supplied with a neckband 8 having preferably the vertical button hole 9 on its left front end. At its opposite end, a horizontal fastening tongue 10 preferably formed of cloth or other washable material stitched over some stiffening washable sub-' stance is stitched or otherwise secured at one end to the neck band and has its free portion extending normally along the neck band. towards the middle thereof. A second horizontal fastening tongue 11 of similar con- 1923. Serial No. 637,151.

struction is sewed or otherwise made secure to the neck band 8 at its'middle portion and has its free end extending normally along the neck band but in a direction opposite to that of the other tongue 10. A collar 12 shown of the roll form and preferably haw ing vertical button holes 13 is shown attached to the neck band 8. In Fig. 6 a modification of the invention is shown for use with collars having the usual horizontal button holes. In this form, the neck band 8 has the corresponding horizontal tongues 10 and 11 formed of some stiff substance which will be durable and also be adapted to go through laundering. These tongues 10 and 11 are relatively very narrow and may be of flat or rounded cross section adapted to be inserted through the horizontal button holes of the ordinary collar. These tongues may be fastened to the band 8 in any suitable manner, such as being stitched thereon or fastened to small cloth tabs 14, as shown in Fig. 6 and the tabs in turn sewed to the band 8*.

Operation.

The operation is probably obvious from the drawings. but may be briefly summarized as follows:

The back of the collar is first fastened to the shirt by inserting th tongue 11 through the rear button hole 13 of the collar. The shirt band is then fastened together by instarting the tongue 10 through the vertical button hole 9 .at its opposite end and the right front button hole of the collar is next slipped over the end of the tongue 10. The tongue 10 is then bent backwardly and its end inserted through the opposite front button hole, when the end may be grasped and pulled back and tucked under the roll of the collar. thus drawing the collar together and securely fastening the same. This drawing action, possible with my improved device, overcomes the bothersome tugging and pulling to get the last'button hole of thecollar over a collar button.

If the modified form shown in Fig. 6 is employed, the operation is exactly the same but a collar of the usual type having hori-= zontal button holes may be used, while the preferred form of my invention requires a. collar having vertical button holes.

In actual practice, the device has proved to be very easily manipulated and comfortable and durable. In the process of launder ing, the tongues 10 and 11 will preferably be starched to increase their stiffness for holding ability.

By securing the tongues 10 and 11 to the band 8 so that their free portions extend along the band in opposite directions, the collar is positively locked from being twisted off of the band in either direction, since the front horizontal tongue prevents the collar from being twisted on the neck band 8 in one direction and the rear tongue 11 pre vents the collar from being twisted on the band in the other direction. Thus the collar cannot be removed from the band until the front tongue 10 is bent backwardly from under the roll of the collar and the button hole on the left end of the collar slipped off the tongue.

It will, of course, be understood that va rious changes may be made in the form, details and arrangement of parts without departing from the scope of the invention.

What is claimed it 1. The combination with a standard collar having the usual flaps and buttonholes therein, said flaps being adapted to overlap with said buttonholes in alignment, of a shirt neck band having a tongue extending eircumferentially along the neck band adjacent to one end, and a buttonhole adjacent to the other end, said tongue being adapted to be passed through said latter buttonhole and the buttonholes in said collar flaps and bent backwardly into normal position extending along the side of the collar, thereby holding said collar in proper closed position and also securing thesame to said neck band.

2. The combination with a standard collar having the usual flaps and buttonholes therein, saidflaps being adapted to overlap with said buttonholes in alignment, of a shirt neck band having a buttonhole adjacent to one end and a tongue extending circumferentially along the neck band adjacent to-the other end, of suflicient length to be passed through said neck band buttonhole and the buttonholes in said collar flaps and tucked under one side of the outer roll of the collar, thereby securing the collar to the neck band in closed position.

3. The combination with a standard 001- lar having the usual back buttonhole and front flaps with buttonholes therein. said flaps being adapted to overlap with said buttonholes in alignment, of a shirt neck band having an elongated tongue extending circumferentiall I along the neck band adjacent to one of its ends, and a buttonhole adjacent to the other, and a second horizontally extendin tongue at its central or rear portion, said last named tongue being adapted to be inserted in the back buttonhole of a collar and said first named tongue being of suflicient length to be inserted through said front neck band buttonhole and the buttonholes of said collar flaps and then tucked under one side of the outer roll of the collar, said tongues having their free ends extending in opposite direction to prevent the tongues from slipping out of said buttonholes, if the collar is rotated in either direction.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SYLVIA R. CHASE. 

